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No change at the top of the league where Cardiff City Women made it six wins out of six when
       beating The New Saints 3-2. TNS made the journey to the capital to face City and put pressure
       on the Bluebirds’ 100% record. The home side opened the scoring with Zoe Atkins heading home,
       but Chantelle Teare replied fifteen minutes later. Being level only lasted six minutes as Eliza Collie
       added her name to the scoresheet to see Cardiff go into the break 2-1 up. Phoebie Poole was straight
       into the action in the second half, scoring on the 46th minute to extend the hosts lead. The day’s
       second penalty was awarded to TNS and Beth Lewis calmly slotted home. Both sides had more
       chances, but neither could convert and it ended 3-2 in Cardiff’s favour.
           Second placed Cardiff Met Women’s trip to Abergavenny Women kicked off early and
       the  Archers  took  no  time  to  open  the  scoring  with  Emily  Allen  on  target  in  the  third  minute,
       following a pinpoint pass from Robyn Pinder. Megan Stanton equalised for Abergavenny from the
       edge of the area to go in all level at half time. Allen was in top form in the second half, adding a
       cracker of a second before partnering with Pinder again for the hat-trick ten minutes before full
       time to put the seal on a 3-1 victory.
           Aberystwyth Town travelled to Swansea City, a fixture that has seen them take points
       off the Champions in their last two visits. The Swans made a quick start with Chloe Tiley converting
       Ellie Lake’s cross on the third minute but Aberystwyth were provided a chance to get back into the
       match after a scramble in the area led to a penalty, slotted home by Libby Isaac who then put her
       side in front just before half time with a superb individual goal. The Swans were on top in the
       second half, but were held off until the 85th minute when Sarah Adams found a way through. It
       ended in a 2-2 draw, the first drawn match in the division this season and the third time in a row
       that the points have been shared at Llandarcy.
           At Jenner Park, Pontypridd Utd were back after their 5-0 win over Barry Town Utd in
       the FAW Women’s Cup two weeks ago. Alison
       Witts once again opened the scoring for the PREMIER DIVISION  P  W  D  L  F  A Pts  GD
       Dragons,  heading  in  a  cross  from  Jasmine CARDIFF CITY F.C.  6  6  0  0  16  2  18  14
       Turner, Liv Francis then picked up where she  CARDIFF MET WOMEN  6  5  0  1  17  7  15  10
       left off last week and added a second. Witts  SWANSEA CITY  6 6  4 3  1 0  1 3  12  5  13  7 0
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                                         PONTYPRIDD UTD
       was involved with the third, linking up with
                                         THE NEW SAINTS        6  2  0  4  11 14  6  -3
       substitute  Renee  Day  who  wrapped  up  the BARRY TOWN UTD  6  2  0  4  7  13  6  -6
       points to take her team up to fourth.  ABERYSTWYTH TOWN  6  1  1  4  5  13  4  -8
           Connah’s  Quay  Nomads  are  the  ABERGAVENNY WOMEN  6  0  0  6  6  18  0  -12
       new leaders of the North Division following
       their  4-1  win  over  Llanfair  Utd.  Kirstie  Abergavenny 1 Cardiff Met 3; Swansea 2 Aberystwyth 2; Cardiff
                                         City 3 TNS 2; Barry 0 Pontypridd 3.
       Kural scored twice for the Nomads along with
       Jennifer  Haynes  and  Tamara  Hamer,  with NORTH DIVISION  P  W  D  L  F  A Pts  0
       Sarah  Ellis  replying.  Previous  leaders CONNAH'S QUAY NOMADS  3  3  0  0  13  1  9  12
       Llandudno were beaten 5-2 by Wrexham  LLANDUDNO         3  2  0  1  16  5  6  11
       who join them on six points, Rosie Hughes  WREXHAM      2 2  2 1  0 0  0 1  11  2 9  6 3  -5 9
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                                         CPDM Y FELINHELI
       netting twice with TJ Dickens, Lili Jones and
                                         CPD Y RHYL 1879       3  1  0  2  8  15  3  -7
       Ava  Suckley.  Louisha  Doran  and  Maddie AIRBUS UK BROUGHTON  2  0  0  2  3  8  0  -5
       Williams both found the net for the visitors. LLANFAIR UTD  3  0  0  3  1  16  0  -15
       Laura Williams (2), Tegan Crockett, Rachael  Airbus UK 3 Rhyl 5; Connah’s Quay 4 Llanfair 1; Wrexham 5
       Nattrass  and  Rebecca  Bannister  scored  the Llandudno 2.
       goals as CPD Y Rhyl 1879 won for the first
       time, 5-3 at Airbus UK Broughton.  SOUTH DIVISION       P 2  W  D 0  L 0  F 7  A Pts  GD 5
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                                         BRITON FERRY LLANSAWEL
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           Briton Ferry Llansawel made it two
                                         PONTARDAWE TOWN       3  2  0  1  12 10  6  2
       wins out of two in the South Division, Lowri SWANSEA UNIVERSITY  2  1  0  1  7  6  3  1
       Ridings and Chelsea Deacon were on target CASCADE YC    2  1  0  1  4  4  3  0
       as they beat Cascade YC 2-0. Pontardawe CALDICOT TOWN   3  0  0  3  8  16  0  -8
       Town  meanwhile  won  6-4  at  Caldicot                                    0
       Town  thanks  to  a  Catryn  Cook  hat-trick,  Briton Ferry 2 Cascade 0; Caldicot 4 Pontardawe 6.
       Sophie Topper (2) and Ffion Robinson.
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